TY - CHAP
T1 - Bilingual initiatives in the ESL classroom
AU - Wigglesworth, Gillian
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - The role of bilingual assistance may be an important consideration in classrooms, particularly in the early stages of learning a language. Some of the learners who participated in the individual case studies reported in this volume were enrolled in a bilingual classroom with a bilingual teacher. While others were not enrolled in bilingual classrooms, they made use of bilingual resources, and also used their first languages in the classroom. The case study classroom (reported in Chapter 9) had a monolingual teacher, but two bilingual aides. This chapter examines the views of both learners and teachers on the value and role that bilingual assistance may have in the classroom, beginning with a brief historical overview of earlier research.
AB - The role of bilingual assistance may be an important consideration in classrooms, particularly in the early stages of learning a language. Some of the learners who participated in the individual case studies reported in this volume were enrolled in a bilingual classroom with a bilingual teacher. While others were not enrolled in bilingual classrooms, they made use of bilingual resources, and also used their first languages in the classroom. The case study classroom (reported in Chapter 9) had a monolingual teacher, but two bilingual aides. This chapter examines the views of both learners and teachers on the value and role that bilingual assistance may have in the classroom, beginning with a brief historical overview of earlier research.
M3 - Chapter
SN - 1864088567
T3 - Research collection (Macquarie University, National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research)
SP - 221
EP - 247
BT - The Kaleidoscope of adult second language learning
A2 - Wigglesworth, Gillian
PB - National Centre for English Teaching and Research
CY - Sydney, Australia
ER -